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Leap Environmental provide AWARD WINNING site investigation, geotechnical design, and geoenvironmental consultancy services for the construction industry; local and national government; and private land owners.

By employing and empowering the very best engineers, geologists and environmental scientists, and deploying the very latest techniques, we are able to provide our clients with the cost effective, specialist service of a trusted project partner.

Surrey regional office

Thames Valley office

Geotechnical

Click here to see how our wealth of experience and knowledge of the ground can deliver value engineered geotechnical design.

Site Investigation

Click here to see how we combine the very latest award-winning investigation techniques, with highest quality traditional methods to deliver Leading edge, Efficient, Accurate and Punctual site investigations.

Environmental

Click here to read how our detailed knowledge of environmental legislation has helped to save money on new developments and with our provision of regulatory support services, particularly relating to Part 2a of the Environmental Protection Act.

Latest News

At Leap we pride ourselves on being forward thinking, and since the company’s inception the directors felt the monthly timesheet should be a thing of the past. We strongly believe that the drive to make every hour billable stifles innovation, discourages group discussion, promotes corner cutting and wastes valuable staff time. Job success should be…

As the Nation remembers the hard work and sacrifice of the suffragettes, we at LEAP are proud to declare our commitment to gender equality and to broadcast our gender statistics. As the construction industry languishes behind with only 13% women in the workforce, here at LEAP we employ 45% women with a 50/50 male to…

Leap has made great use of the Goad fire insurance maps in a recent project providing support to a Greater London Authority to fulfil its statutory duty under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to inspect its area for land that may be contaminated. You can find out more on the Landmark website here.

CL:AIRE has released a new technical bulletin (TB16) on a best practice approach for using complete continuous gas monitoring in underfloor void spaces for those occasions where a more robust assessment of the risk posed by ground gas on a site is required. LEAP has pioneered the use of continuous monitoring apparatus for land gas…

The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) has issued the first drafts of the new EN 1990 and EN1997-1 for review and informal comment. Significant changes are proposed to Eurocode 7 – Geotechnical Design, and LEAP is responding to AGS calls for all geotechnical design engineers to participate in this process to ensure the UK voice…

LEAP is proud to announce that it has just received news that its graduate training and development scheme has been accredited by the Geological Society of London. LEAP supports graduates seeking chartership with GSL, ICE and CIWEM. If you would like to join a company where training, development and CPD are an integral part…

LEAP is delighted to welcome back Andy Norman as Regional Manager for its newly opened Midlands office, after his sabbatical, exploring the geology of South America. Why not give Andy a call to discuss your project and you may find out about his trip as well. Get in touch today.

HMRC has completed consultation and announced on 13th September 2017 that it is set to introduce new legislation in the spring of 2018 which will extend landfill tax to include waste disposal not at registered landfill sites. This is designed to ensure that illegal waste deposits do pay the same level of tax as those…

The National Quality Mark Scheme was launched by Land Forum and Cl:aire earlier this year. LEAPs own Helen Smith was one of the first practitioners to gain accreditation as a Suitably Qualified Person under the scheme and LEAP is proud to announce that it is one of the first companies to have registered projects with…

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